Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Zen Marksmanship?

I was watching Rambo IV on DVD the other day. There was a scene where Rambo is taking some Christian Missionaries up the river and they are stopped by river pirates. Rambo kills the two pirates with a quick draw and double taps to each. I wanted to see how Stallone was holding the handgun while he offed the bad guys so I rewound and then slowmoed forward. And then I saw it. He had his eyes closed. When he fired he had his eyes closed. He had his freaking eyes closed. So what is this...Zen Marksmanship?

So Sylvester...do you ever actually shoot any of those guns you own but don't think anyone else should have?

2 comments:

Flock of One said...

More often than not the movie peoples close their eye, flinch, jerk the trigger, etc.

Any bad gun handling skills can easily be found in big hollywood.

kahr40 said...

Yeah I know and hold the weapon in a way that would guarantee scattershot fire. The funny thing is the making of featurette he makes a big deal of the mini boot camp the actors went through so they could handle the weapons properly and look authentic. Guess he should have sat in.